Ep. 196 - Blade (w/ Bryan Edward Hill)

Writer/producer and current writer of Ultimate Black Panther Bryan Edward Hill makes his second appearance on Comics and Chronic to discuss the 1998 Marvel movie Blade as well as Bryan’s current Marvel Comics run on Blade! But first, is Bryan talking to us from an undisclosed location? What other projects is Bryan working on? Is he getting ready to make his directorial debut? What was Bryan up to during the WGA and SAG strike? Does Jake know a good camera jib guy? Does Blade FUCK? Does Blade get the flowers it deserves? Did this movie influence The Matrix? Does Stephen Dorff get the credit he deserves? Was this movie a tonal inspiration for Bryan’s Blade comic? Is Bryan trying to move away from deconstructing characters and instead trying to do constructionist mythic storytelling? Does Blade have a lot of comic history? Does Bryan think he should be writing Miles Morales? How did Netflix’s Castlevania influence Blade? Have other vampire movies like The Lost Boys, Fright Night, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Near Dark had any influence on Bryan’s Blade? Does Bryan prefer an old-school, gothic Dracula? Would Bryan let himself be turned into a vampire? Does Bryan do a lot of research on a character before writing for them? Did Batman not have a grappling hook until Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie? What are some reasons the comic book audience might be dwindling and how does other comic book media affect that? Would they make Robocop today? Is Bryan a Daredevil fan? Did Blade commit? Does the first 5 mins of Blade suck you in? Can anyone besides Wesley Snipes play Blade? Is Wesley Snipes a legit martial artist? Did gooey CGI almost ruin the final fight scene? Was Morbius supposed to be in the original ending of the movie played by the director Stephen Norrington? What other successful movies were made by New Line Cinema? Why is Hollywood so risk adverse? Are single issues getting expensive? How do ethics play a big role in Bryan’s writing? How did the internet react to American Carnage? What filmmakers influenced Bryan Hill? How man Pescis does Bryan give Blade? How does Bryan feel about the Pesci scale? What Pesci scores does Bryan give to the filmography of his favorite filmmaker Michael Mann? How does Bryan feel about Martin Scorsese? What episodes of Masterclass does Bryan recommend checking out?

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